Strawberries typically peak during May in the South and in June and July in the North. Local farmers markets in our area now have strawberries ripe for the pickin’.
If you like to pick your own, be sure to take a couple plastic buckets with you to load up on the local favorites. My wife recently went with some friends to indulge in their annual strawberry pickin’ event.

BOLIVIA—After a motion to adopt a strict tobacco ban on all county property failed Monday night, county commissioners voted to revisit the idea after a second public hearing.

After a public hearing, during which only one person spoke, commissioners voted on the tobacco ban, which would prohibit tobacco products on all county property, including the county complex in Bolivia and all county parks. The motion failed 2-3, with commissioners chairman Bill Sue and commissioners Marty Cooke and Scott Phillips dissenting.

Detectives with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office are searching for the suspect or suspects involved in multiple breaking and enterings to motor vehicles in the Hood Creek Village neighborhood in Leland last weekend.

Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. April Stanley said the breaking and entering incidents took place between 10 p.m. Saturday, May 1, and 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 2.

Stanley said the suspects are targeting vehicles that are left unsecured and appear to be looking for GPS systems, electronic devices, coins and cash.

Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit arrested the following suspects last week.

After executing a search warrant at 1305 Stevenson Road Lot 5 in Supply, on April 29, drug agents charged Tamara Paulette Clemmons, of the above address was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine. Cocaine and drug paraphernalia were seized from the residence.

As a result of an ongoing investigation into prescription fraud and prescription pill diversion, the following suspects sere arrested April 26-29.

Construction has begun on the sewer force main project for the long-stalled San Rio development off Gray Bridge Road in Shallotte.

According to a memo to the town from LandTech, the court-appointed receiver for the property, various components of the sewer installation project have been completed, and the state Division of Water Quality is also reviewing the project.

Installation of the sewer force main at Red Bug Road is scheduled to begin within the next two weeks, the memo states.

Lucille Lewis has been volunteering every Monday for nearly 10 years at Sheltered Treasures Thrift Store in Calabash.

The Little River, S.C., resident sorts clothes, making sure each item looks fresh, tags them and places them on a rack in the spacious shop. She purges the racks of clothes that have been around too long and helps customers find what they’re looking for.

The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver’s license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.
The ACE team works with the sheriff’s office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.